Bint Faruk

I came home from hospital a different woman. Not recovered. Not whole. But different. A portion of my right lung […]

He caught something on the ship. The second voyage had brought a new group of passengers, and illness had travelled

There is a saying from my people: A child, even if they climb the tallest tree, cannot see what the

They said a child would change him. People say this often when a marriage is struggling. A baby will soften

It took almost six years. Six years. And more than one miscarriage. By the time I finally sat in front

My first school was my mother. She didn’t teach me from books. She taught me through life. I was the

I Walked In Tall. I Walked Out Tall. No father tells his daughter on her wedding day to hurry back